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"Many of the songs fit existing Kind of Like Spitting tropes, but in almost every case there's something identifiably more mature or ambitious about them..."- THE WAR AGAINST SILENCE "Smattered with raw feelings, get set for some serious self-contemplation after a deep listen. Despite everything, Barnett remains true to his emo-tions, delivering a compelling record and forcefully making it clear that he is not just a stereotype." - CMJ "Ill-fated, over-the-top music for damaged people, but that's why it's one of the best records to see the light of day this year." - PORTLAND MERCURY Like Weezer's Blue Album, One Hundred Dollar Room became the underground touchstone for a generation of young musicians who gravitated toward the dynamic mish-mash of punk rock, scorched pop and balladry. Suddenly, Kind of Like Spitting was listed in band descriptions, classifieds, and reviews as an influence on younger bands, not unlike The Pixies, whose legacy was the scattering of seeds and musical ideas to garage bands the world over. Recorded in June of 2000 at Typefoundry studios by Adam Selzer (The Decemberists, M. Ward, Norfolk & Western), the rights to this hard-to-find classic recording were recently acquired by HUSH for reissue One Hundred Dollar Room was a watershed release for Kind of Like Spitting, cementing Ben Barnett's reputation as a musical auteur, able to ply his songwriting successfully over a myriad of styles while uniting them under the umbrella of an album with a classical composer's flair for dynamics, motif, and drama. That One Hundred Dollar Room sounds as fresh today as it did in 2000 is a testament to the both the staying power of Barnett's understanding of melody and his rare vision for dynamic song arrangements. The interplay of loud and soft textures on this recording, often in the space of a single track, are as dazzling to the accomplished musician as they are instantly satisfying to anyone in earshot. Considered by many to be the best release from that era, One Hundred Dollar Room is ripe for rediscovery on its fifth-year anniversary.